Chapter 949 Investigation

Fang Zhuo has no special requirements for the company's annual meeting.

He always felt that it would be better to do something else with this time and energy, but since everyone is enthusiastic and looking forward to it, then don't play awkwardly.

On the 29th, the song of the rehearsal program echoed in my mind for a long time before it disappeared, and the members of the Yangtze River Delta Chamber of Commerce who visited Europe this time also basically arrived in Shanghai.

Although the trip to Europe was promoted by the Chamber of Commerce as the main body, the places where the enterprises belonged also participated to a greater or lesser extent, one is to escort economic and trade activities, and the other is to see if a longer-term exchange can be formed.

Fang Zhuo made it clear to the Chamber of Commerce that although his trip was mainly focused on semiconductor business, he would try his best to help with funds. At present, ICBC's loans in this area are much more generous than those previously granted to the semiconductor field, and there is still room for negotiation with the German bank.

That night, he called Ma Xiliang, the president of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, and reconfirmed the flight at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Because the number of people in the European delegation is nearly 150, they will not take the Qingzi this time, but charter a plane.

At 9:30, Bingxin's team also arrived in Shanghai. This time, Bingxin's Vice President of Business Development Liao Chaoyong and Vice President of Research and Development Xu Keyu are responsible for more specific contacts.

Fang Zhuo has been to Germany once before and has made some investigations.

Originally, Qiu Ciyun has always been opposed to building a factory in Germany, but the funding policy of German banks, coupled with Fang Zhuo's hint of a new round of targeted financing and a firm attitude, made him think about what he could get if he built a factory in Germany?

Qiu Ciyun knew that Mr. Fang had a kind of worry about preventing trouble before it happens. He had a different judgment on this point. He believed that if there were really severe off-site factors, it would be difficult to avoid even if there were overseas factories.

But from another perspective, overseas factories may help Yike develop more international customers.

This year's semiconductors have encountered a turning point decline, and overall demand has weakened, which makes Bingxin's upgraded 65nm production capacity somewhat embarrassing. Currently, the only major international customers introduced are Qualcomm and AMD. Although the orders from these two companies are continuing to increase, they are still lower than expected.

Wafer factories need big brand partners for continuous cooperation. On the one hand, they need stable production capacity, and on the other hand, they can also cooperate in technology upgrades.

For example, although the 45nm currently developed by Bingxin has not yet reached risk trial production, it has already jointly developed the next generation of process chips with Qualcomm.

Taiji is still the strongest and best in this regard. It has a wide range of international major customers. Companies such as NVIDIA, STM, and ADI are all long-term partners.

After being forced to change his mind, Qiu Ciyun hoped to use the influence exerted by Germany to obtain more international orders.

Because Germany has a well-known semiconductor company Infineon, which is good at power semiconductors, he revised Fang's competitive thinking and believed that it is not possible to attack the long with the short, and the goal cannot be set on developing power semiconductor business, but to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

However, Bingxin's best technical capabilities cannot be placed in Germany.

Therefore, after several discussions, Qiu Ciyun believes that Germany can build a 65nm wafer factory. When it is built there, the local process has progressed to 45nm as planned, which is exactly one generation behind.

2 is definitely still a mainstream mature process in the world and still has strong competitiveness.

In this way, for the Bingxin team, the goal of this visit to Europe is very clear. Considering the German government subsidies, industry stability and the availability of skilled workers, try to include the expansion of regional customers in the pre-negotiation conditions.

As for the location of the factory, there are basically two places, one is Dresden, and the other is Magdeburg.

The former is the second largest city in eastern Germany after Berlin. It is an important scientific research center and has the highest proportion of researchers in large German cities.

The latter is located in the center of the European continent. There are highways, universities and industrial areas nearby, which can meet transportation needs and provide sufficient talents and related production materials.

Specific city intentions must be inspected and contacted again in Germany.

If the negotiation fails this time, there will be time in the future, and countries that are easy to contact, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, will be further considered. For example, some of the 90nm process technology introduced by Bingxin before came from the Belgian Microelectronics Research Center.

Of course, according to the factors that Fang Zhuo puts first, he is most eager to promote the construction of a factory in Germany.

On the morning of the 30th, Fang Zhuo spent half a day communicating with Liao Chaoyong about the purpose of this trip, confirming that there was no problem in their mutual understanding. He finally called his family before the trip.

This event lasted for two weeks, which also meant that he would be celebrating the Chinese New Year when he came back to attend the company's annual meeting.

This year has been quite fruitful, but it also faces risks.

Yike's biggest risk is Nokia, which is still working hard in the United States.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the first economic and trade activity delegation of the Yangtze River Delta Business Association flew to Berlin, Germany by charter flight.

It takes about fifteen hours to fly from Shanghai to Berlin. Although the time is long, everyone on the plane is relatively close to their own people. This time they are going for orders or investment, so everyone has a lot to talk about.

As the richest man in the mainland and the initiator of this event, Fang Zhuo has to exchange business cards and chat with the heads of enterprises who leave their seats from time to time, most of which are inseparable from "thank you", "care" and "cooperation".

Fang Zhuo can clearly feel that everyone's expectations of him are still quite high.

To be honest, it was the first time for him to engage in such a large-scale event, and he didn't feel confident, so he took the time to talk about the strangeness he also felt in a very real way.

Although Fang Zhuo has been to Germany for inspection before, the foreign market he is most familiar with is the United States. He has many friends there, but here he only has a few connections such as Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bank.

What can really be negotiated and what can be achieved is still relatively cautious.

The time difference between Shanghai and Berlin is 7 hours.

When the European delegation landed at Berlin Airport, it was 11 o'clock in the middle of the night on the 30th, German time.

However, even though it was late, Germany still attached great importance to organizing a substantial pick-up team.

At the very least, Ma Xiliang, the president of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, felt that it was quite important. He heard the translator introduce that the person on the opposite side who was leading the pick-up was the second-in-command of the German economic department.

"Huh? Why didn't Gross come?"

When Ma Xiliang was thinking this, he heard Mr. Fang's whisper.

He asked with some surprise: "Has Gross decided to come?"

Gross is the head of the German economy.

Fang Zhuo frowned and did not answer this question. In fact, the arrangement he had received from Germany before did involve Gross, but now it was someone else.

Is that person temporarily busy or has his attention level dropped?

Fang Zhuo changed his mind and soon saw that in addition to friends from Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bank, a good friend also appeared in the pick-up team.

After all, it was an economic and trade event. After the two parties introduced each other, shook hands and took pictures, the atmosphere quickly relaxed.

Fang Zhuo walked up to his old friend Luo Jianhua with a half-smile, and punched him on the shoulder with a moderate punch: "Mr. Luo, Mr. Luo, if you don't handle your Qimonda well, why are you here to pick him up?" Me?"

He never expected that Luo Jianhua, the head of Qimonda, who had filed for bankruptcy, would show up here.

Luo Jianhua saw that Fang always had such an attitude and couldn't help but smile: "I heard that Mr. Fang is coming to Germany. I thought that I have to apologize to you in person as soon as possible. Otherwise, I will be too embarrassed to go to China in the future."

Fang Zhuo felt that he and Mr. Luo were not from the same place, so why didn’t he come to Germany?

"Hey, Qimonda is a pity. I always thought the German government would regret it." He shook his head and had to mention Qimonda.

"It is difficult in all aspects. Qimonda's bankruptcy is already difficult to recover." Luo Jianhua has been working intensively for more than a month, and many emotions have settled in his heart. He is very calm when talking about the company.

When he appeared in the German business group this time, he really felt that he should apologize to Mr. Fang in person, but on the other hand, the last communication with Mr. Fang also appeared in his mind from time to time.

Mr. Fang’s second factory in Lin’an was severely cut off.

However, if Lin'an No. 2 Factory can really switch to the DRAM business, it is not impossible for me to consider re-employment there.

Qimengda fell, but Luo Jianhua could still stand.

Luo Jianhua felt that he could take the time to talk to Mr. Fang about the package sale of Qimonda-related patents. If Mr. Fang was willing, he could come forward to talk to Infineon, the major shareholder of Qimonda, about the disposition of assets.

Anyway, to whom is it not sold?

Qimonda still owes the ice core OEM fee.

"This year, the world's semiconductor industry is no longer good. It is simply dire straits." Fang Zhuo sighed.

"Half seawater, half fire." Luo Jianhua bankrupted Qimonda, but now he is a little optimistic about the industry, "Samsung is still expanding production, Ice Core will also build a factory in Germany, Qualcomm heard that business growth is very good , I think it is possible for the industry to recover in the second half of this year.”

"It's just an inspection, I'm not sure yet." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

Luo Jianhua said: "No matter how semiconductors are, Yike is always excellent."

"Mr. Luo still pays attention to my Yike?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Luo Jianhua smiled and said, "You can see it."

Fang Zhuo thought that Mr. Luo was observing the mobile phone market.

However, when the pick-up convoy slowly drove out of the airport, a huge billboard appeared in front of us.

——Yike's blockbuster mobile game "Temple Run"!

Past the first billboard, there is a second billboard with lights behind it.

——The King of Android Machines, Yike Mars!

Fang Zhuo pointed out the window: "Did you see that?"

Luo Jianhua nodded: "Yes, I saw it."

That’s the original view.

Two billboards passed by, but the third billboard showed news about factory discounts, and the fourth billboard turned into information about banks disposing of non-performing assets.

Half sea water, half fire.

Fang Zhuo looked thoughtfully for a few times. It was in this economic environment that our Yangtze River Delta delegation to Europe received high-level attention.

"Germany is also looking for ways to dispose of toxic assets. I thought I would see Gross today. He would not be busy with this." Fang Zhuo took back his thoughts and asked about tonight's changes.

"Gross..." Luo Jianhua pondered.

After all, Fang Zhuo was a foreigner and was not as keen on information as a local like Mr. Luo. He felt something strange when he heard his tone and gave him a questioning look.

"The impact of the economic crisis has been too great. Gross has been accused in public opinion of not playing a role when the economic crisis occurred." Luo Jianhua said succinctly, "Now there is news claiming that he may resign, and his CSU party may have some It’s turbulent, I guess I’m not in the mood to ask you about this right now.”

Fang Zhuo frowned: "Resigning at this time... Then who will be replaced?"

"Ask Merkel in person in a few days." Luo Jianhua joked, still talking about the news he heard, "The rumor is that it is Gutenberg, the secretary general of the CSU, or Bruederle of the FDP. I don't know the specific situation."

He shrugged: "Anyway, everyone has a very bad opinion of Gross now. There are still a few months before the general election. Resigning at this time is tantamount to letting Merkel face the difficult economic situation alone."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly, sounding a little unkind.

He thought about talking to President Luo about Qimonda, but when he looked at Ma Xiliang in the car, President Ma wanted to prick up his ears, so he gave up the idea of ​​talking about this.

The company is still going through bankruptcy procedures. If outsiders heard him talking to President Luo about Qimonda's more than 12,000 patents at this time, it would be easy for him to be misunderstood.

Among the more than 12,000 patents, there are more than 5,000 US patents, involving more than 10 million DRAM technology documents. The corresponding most advanced chip process is 46nm, and the data is about 2.8TB.

It is better to discuss this matter in private.

Anyway, Mr. Luo has shown his subjective initiative by coming to pick me up in person, and it is worth it that Lin'an No. 2 Factory has no regrets about the order from Qimonda.

The convoy drove at high speed in the middle of the night. It was late. The government and business teams in Germany showed a full welcome. There will be positive negotiations the next day.

My family has gradually become positive in the past two days, and I have no symptoms. I guess it has entered the countdown.